Cabbies on edge as penalties begin

There has been something of an ongoing controversy up at the Minneapolis-St.Paul airport, with Somali moslem cab drivers refusing to pick up people who were carrying packages of alcoholic beverages, thereby seeking at least a partial imposition of Islamic law on the Twin Cities.

The airport commision has finally said “Enough is enough” and has sharpened penalties for such refusal to a 30 day suspended airport permit for the first offense, and a year bad for the second.

The cabbies are concerned.

Oh well! If they don’t like the rules at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport because the rules there are not in accord with the Moslem traditions, then perhaps they should seek new employment – driving cabs out of the airport at say, Riyadh, or perhaps Mogadishu.